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Baseball is fun again, at least for one night

Ah yes, the good old walk-off wild pitch. The Jays managed to steal the finale of their three-gamer with Tampa Bay last night when J.P. Howell bounced a 59-footer with the bases loaded, allowing Marco Scutaro to score the winner. Toronto came into the ninth down 2-1, but Rod Barajas’ pinch-hit homer tied things before Howell coughed up three walks and the wild pitch. Not the prettiest way to win a game, but it’s the Jays after all.

It was a wild one all around — two home plate umpires left with injuries and both Mark Rzepczynski and Scott Kazmir struggled with command but managed to get by. Rzepczynski actually went five-plus innings without giving up a hit before Pat Burrell singled and Gabe Kapler homered with two down in the sixth. Kapler managed to make it around the bases without tearing his achilles this time around.

The Jays were pretty quiet offensively most of the night — every starter except Kevin Millar struck out at least once and Jose Bautista provided the only real offense up until the ninth with a two-out RBI double in the sixth. Bautista was the only Jay with two hits.

The win wraps up an ugly 3-6 homestand, with a three-game set against the Red Sox at Fenway up next. Scott Richmond and Josh Beckett go head-to-head in the opener Friday night.